Spool-winding machine.



G. SCOTT.

SPOOL WINDING MACHINE. uruculon FILED SEPT. 5, mos.

Patented M31223, 1915.

WITNESSES.

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. sPooL-wn nnm My invention relates to winding machines,

andone of its objects is the PIOVlSiOQ at an-' tomatiomeans for indicating a defect or irregularity in the material to be wound. A further object of :he present invention is to provide means for stop'fiing a spool- Winrling machine when a defective portion of the materiai'tlo be. Wound appears or if such niaterial is broken while being wound.

Another object of the invention is the pr0- vision of automatic means for stopping a spook winding machine for insulated wire when such wire isinsnfiieient i yinsulated or hare at 'nnylportion thereof, and such portion reaches :1 predetermined point.

Another object Lo'provide auionintic means for stopping a spool winding machine when a part of the material about to be Wound is not of uniform diameter as when it is knotted, and such. part reaches a predoterinined point.

A further object of the invention is to provide improved and simplified means for guiding wire, thread or the like, and a recarding devlc'e to etiect a semi-automaticwindin Other GlJjCilS of my invention will ap-' pear hereinafter,-t.he novel comhinntions of watch closely xhe elements being pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drmvin'g's, igni'o 1 representsmore or less diagrammatically s .spool winding machine with my invention 'zippl-iedihereto, parts being shown in section; Fig, 2 is a side elevational view of detail of the semi-automatic guiding mechanism'; and Fig. 3 is an elevntional View of a type of foot-operated electric switch that inav be used for controlling the motor;

Heretofore it has been founcldiiiicult to wind spools of insulated wire free from bareii portions or knots by reason principally of the neglect of the fitiendldilii" to i It is one-of the principaloh'jectsof the in- 'vention=to obviate these (liihculties by providing automnticmeans fer-stopping the apparatus untii the irregularity;iodine mate- Specification of fist-ten; Intent,

stands: :1

ditional cone '9 so as to ennet-ii.

'tween 'he or wire as it heingwound.

l? ii'ihei" e winding mesh I stop and preveni, the 'i i been 'E'Oilf'ifi from wiil niso be no; to

senn-vn quire ti skiiieci i; compost An and ope: In this i motor M l'i'lOilIi 4 which passes the motor she. e is screw'thifencled 21%, its outer poi which is ndap'i ed to in, 1 the not 10. 9 isseciineii to the shifa S at the the-bearing 5 i'iew'eii in 1 the outer end of .113 swift is mourned an no but no circmnferentio spect to the l the 'il'iSliz'iiQii. \ire or be Wound, i1 on the cones 9'.

5 then turned to ecnneci said io ihe shaft so to 51min 'nates in eieciromngneiie brake-.86

"is used and corny/1'3 I ding with the broke" I broke shoe 1'? anti conneeted. the o shoe 1 is con 2.9 which 52d r1 wniie me nloi'nhie conine 1 he brake the cor e SWi Groin 1:30 i is to drawn 13, 13 on an shafi in a 211' nmnner to {he mom :1 of the spool i}. or other devices on winch iii f- I This auxiliary shah: 15.90 i ings 8 5 and ear-fies irietion pnilev of of the The suia 2m on. which time Sale with snfiicient friction to prevent the wire from becoming slack while heingwound and to insure its Lei-rig wound tightly'on the spool 1i. I v i .1 designates a'coupling to connect sections Inthis instance the wire '12 appears to pass from the reel lfiflunder this coupling and thence in engagement with the direction pullers and 8 between which is located a circuit-clcsing device This circuit-closing device comprises a fixed conductor 42 with an arc-shaped face with which the insulated wire has a sliding cn'- gagement. Opposite the conductor 42 and also in engagement with the wire 12 ise lever 41 pivoted at 40. A spring 43 acts on tliecuter end of this lever tending to force the same against the conductor 42. If de sired, anti-friction rollers 44 and 44 may be mounted on the lever 41 and conductor 42, respectirely, in such positions that the wire 12 when passing between said lever and conductor will engage for the most part with the said rollers. gel 21 should he made of good conducting material and s that when a be. it portion of the insulated wire passes between said rollers, the fixed conductor and erer 41 will be electrically connected with each other. Preferably the Erection pulleys or rollers 7 and 8 are so located that a slight hendof the insulated wire tal place between the rollers'fll and t in laying the wire bare it the victim not suffi ient. from. the roller 8 the wire 12 extends amend the listed direction sheave-I15 and th' to the-"1 n- "lng arm 47 through an o .uning 5?. at the outer end of which it passes directly the $001 11. Above the pivotal point or the a. 47 the wire 12 passes ch ough a i way 53 formed by the semi- 1 -r u projections 52 and 52". To prevent the wire from leaving this guideway a cap 56 may be placed over the projections 52 and 52 as shown in Fig. 2. v

v The arm 4-? is pivoted at fiT li-ofliave a vertical movement, and the outer-end ofgthe arm is pressed into contact with the" layers on thespool 11 by the spring 48. The-outer end of the, arm may be lifted from the spool by means of the handle 45. The lever all 13 also mounted to have a horizontal movement which ineybe ell'ected by actuating thehandle'G. The arm 47 with its pivotal bearings 43 may be mounted onthe bracket 54, which in this instance, is shown fixed onthe bed plate B. y

. Pivoted at 63 to the lever of the handle {16 is a piston rod 62 which is also connected to the piston 64 moving in the cylinder 65 of a dash-pot. 'This dash-pot is preferably filled with fluid, as oil, and a bv-passGS pro vided for the passage ofrthe fluid from one side of piston tdth'oth er thigougli The conductor 42 and leso rollers 44 and 41', so,

ports 66 and 66, To vary the rate of flow of the fluid through the by-pass, a valve 67 may be provided andconnected to a pointer (-39 adjacent a scale 7 Now, upon the-operation of thewinding mechanism, the wire 12 will be drawn onto It should be particularly noted, howwire 12 on the spool 11 in even compact layever. that by reason of the soring 48, the

outer end of the arm 47 is pressed against the wire on the spool 11. If the arm 47 were held stationary the wire would, of course, ride up on a previous spiral. By giving the arm i7 a certain retardation by means of the dashpot, the engagement of'the wire 12 with a previous spiral may bedepended upon to automatically move the arm 47 laterally and thus secure an automatic winding of the, wire 12 on the spool 11. For instance,'it the wire is being wound on the spool 11 as shown in Fig. the spool 11 is continually being brought into contact with the wire that has just been placed on the spool during the preceding rotation, so that the arm l? is forced to the left, the retardation due to the dashpot being adjusted to insure compact winding.

When the main line switch 96 is closed, a circuit may be traced from the main through wires 97, 98, and 58, switch 14, wire 59, foot switch 37, wire 60, brake magnet solenoid. 20, wires 61, 71, 102, and 103 to the main. The brake shoe 1' will thereupon be lifted from the brake pulley 151 andthe main line switch 22 closed. A circuit may now be traced from the positive main through the contacts 119, 118, wire 10?, to the brush 108 of the motor M, and thence through -the shuntwinding 111 of the motor and through the armature to the brush 110,

1, the wire 12 as it reaches v Wire 112, contacts 106, 105, wires 102 and 103 to the. negative main. The motor will now start to operate the winding mechanism. For the sake of simplicity I have shown no refinement of motor-controlling apparatus '1 other than the brake apparatus 16 andthe 'main line switch 22 for controlling the ormechanism connected thereto. 7

" -23 designates anelectro-magnet clinn'cted i lated, or of .nonflinifo m; e

mites-i 1% will in each ieesehetothe switch 14, To the upper end of the core afthis magnet is connected a device for "*"g the switch H in closed or in open ion. This device is here shown ascomwage outer'end of the'lever 27 resting i spring bend'prevents the switch from g; closed again until it is manually operetcd by means of the handle 26 connected to the stem 2 :Vhen the magnet 23 is encrgia'eclto automaticallystop the motor and winding mechanism, the holding device is depended: upon to prevent the motor fromv immediately starting up again! The advantage of this holding device will bc'apparent when itis noted that if a bared portion of.

"therwi're 12 electrically connects the lever 41 andfconductor 42 a circuit will be closed o'nlyh'a' short time from the ositi-ve main through solenoid 50 by way 0 wires 97, 98, 72, 51, lever 41, roller 44, wire 12, roller '14, and wires 71, 102, 103, to the negative main. Upon the energization' of the 1nagnet'23, the switch 14 is opened and held open until the wireis repairechand then the switch l-l'may again. be closed manually by means .of the handle to eliectthe starting of the motor and the operation of the winding mechanism. Ii the wire breaks it is evident that the spring 43 would immediately force the rollers 14' and 44' into engagement with each other and therefore the'magnct 23 would be e'nergized'to open the switch 1d toeflect the from its normal position and theend of the set screw brought into engagement with the spring A circuit will thereupon be closed through the solenoid 50 by way of the lever as, extension 74:,set 'screw"75, and

spring 3 to the conductor 42, instead of directly a her-en portion of the insulated wire ap pearsw When such knotted portion of the wire or a portion thereof of-greater than a predetermined diameter passes between thelgconductor 42 and lever 41, the electromagnet 23 is energized and the switch 14 pened tocflect the stopping of the motor ahdwinding mechanism until such, r e ularitycan be repaired, It will ther awn that Whether-the, irregularity in s'ulatfed consists-0ft! breakin or of a. pmfgon becomi'ng-insuliicie J the g astem 24 connected to the core ofand also to a lever 27-, the outer 'eml oitwhich engageswith a friction spring having a lateral bend-28. When the switch .lVhat Iclaim is':-

.xcugh the rollers 44 and 44'- as when sesflsedthe make various changes in the details and arrangement of parts "without departing from the spirit and scope of myinvention, and I desire, therefore, not to be limited to the A precise construction herein disclosed.

1. In a winding machine, the combination with a. shaft, of means carried by said shaft for receiving the material to be wound a motor for rotating said shaft and receiving means, an auxiliary shaft, a reel mounted on said auxiliary shaft and carrying the material to be wound on saidreceiving means, retarding mechanism associated with said auxiliary shaft to maintain the material taut while being wound, meansfor control, ling said motor, and a device operated by irregularities in the material to be wound to efiect a stopping of the motor.

2. The combination with winding mechanism, of an electric motor for driving the same, brake apparatus comprising a magnet,

an auxiliary switch in circuit with said mag- .-net, an electro-magnet associated with said auxiliary switch, and a circuit-closer operated by an irregularity in the material to be wound to effect the energization of said last-named electro-magnet and the opening of said auxiliary switch.

3. The combination with winding mecha nism for insulated wire, of a motor for driv-. ing the same, motoncontrolling .means, an

electro-magnet ic switch associated with said motor-controlling means, a plurality of relatively movable conductors normally held apart by the insulated wire but electrically connected by an uninsulated portion there of to efi'ect the operation of said electromagnetic switch and the stopping .of the motor, and a circuit-closer co-acting with said conductors and operated by a portion of enlarged diameter of said insulated .wire to effect'the same operation of the switch and'the stopping of the motor.

4.- The combination with winding mechanism for insulated wire, of a motor and motor-controlling means, an electro-mag-- netic switch associated-with the motor controlling means,-a fixed conducting member and a pivoted conducting member,-a spring tending to move said members into engagement with each other, said members being held. apart and insulated from each other by the insulated'wire, and a circuit-closer operated by the pivoted member when an enlarged portion passes between said members, circuits and connections to effect the openingot said electro-magnetic switch and the vstopping the motor when said members dv connected by vbare wire oration' of said c1rcu1t closen and 'iiikihpo g the m In j @3 4; whif hufei "signed t? i mile Ftqfthisasgiecificatim; the presence-3i 1 

